Bililign Dullo

Title
Assistant Professor
Email
Department
Physical Sciences Department
College
College of Arts & Sciences

Office Hours

MW from 02:50 -03:50 pm TTH 08:15 - 11:15 am

Areas of Expertise

Formation and Evolution of Nearby Galaxies 

Supermassive Black Holes

Galaxy Structure (Depleted cores, Nuclear star clusters, Bulges and Discs)

Multi-wavelength Study of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN)


Observational Astrophysicist 

  • Ph.D. - Doctor of Philosophy in Physics: Astrophysics, Swinburne University of Technology
  • M. - Master in Physics: Astrophysics, Addis Ababa University
  • B.Ed. - Bachelor of Education in Physics, Dilla University
  • B. - Bachelor in Physics, Addis Ababa University

Peer Reviewed Publications:

(1) Dullo, B. T.; Knapen, J. H.; Baldi, R. D.; Williams, D. R. A.; Beswick, R. J.; McHardy, I. M.; Green, D. A.; Gil de Paz, A.; Aalto, S. et al. (2024) MNRAS, 532,4729 Title: LeMMINGs. Multiwavelength constraints on the co-existence of nuclear star clusters and AGN in nucleated galaxies

(2) Mutie, Isaac M.; Williams-Baldwin, David; Beswick, Robert J.; Bempong-Manful, Emmanuel K.; Baki, Paul O.; Muxlow, Tom W. B.; Gallimore, Jack F.; Aalto, Susanne E.; Dullo, Bililign T et al. (2024) MNRAS, 527, 11756 Title: Radio jets in NGC 1068 with e-MERLIN and VLA: structure and morphology

(3) Dullo, B. T.; Knapen, J. H.; Beswick, R. J.; Baldi, R. D.; Williams, D. R. A.; McHardy, I. M.; Green, D. A.; Gil de Paz, A.; Aalto, S.; Alberdi, A.; Argo, M. K.; et al. (2023) MNRAS, 522, 3412 Title: LeMMINGs. VI. Connecting nuclear activity to bulge properties of active and inactive galaxies: radio scaling relations and galaxy environment

(4) Dullo, B. T.; Knapen, J. H.; Beswick, R. J.; Baldi, R. D.; Williams, D. R. A.; McHardy, I. M.; Gallagher, J. S.; Aalto, S.; Argo, M. K.; Gil de Paz, A. et al. (2023) A&A, 675, 105 Title:  LeMMINGs. V. Nuclear activity and bulge properties: A detailed multi-component decomposition of e-MERLIN Palomar galaxies with HST

(5) Williams, D. R. A.; Pahari, M.; Baldi, R. D.; McHardy, I. M.; Mathur, S.; Beswick, R. J.; Beri, A.; Boorman, P.; Aalto, S.; Alberdi, A.; Argo, M. K.; Dullo, B. T.; Fenech, D. M. et al. (2022) MNRAS, 510, 4909 Title: LeMMINGs - IV. The X-ray properties of a statistically complete sample of the nuclei in active and inactive galaxies from the Palomar sample

(6) Chamorro-Cazorla, M.; Gil de Paz, A.; Castillo-Morales, A.; Dullo, B. T.; Gallego, J.; Carrasco, E.; et al. (2022) A&A 657, 95 Title: Stellar populations with MEGARA: The inner regions of NGC 7025

(7) Baldi, R. D.; Williams, D. R. A.; Beswick, R. J.; McHardy, I.; Dullo, B. T.; Knapen, J. H et al. (2021) MNRAS, 508, 2019 Title: LeMMINGs III. The e-MERLIN legacy survey of the Palomar sample: exploring the origin of nuclear radio emission in active and inactive galaxies through the [O III] - radio connection

(8) Gannon, Jonah S.; Dullo, Bililign T.; Forbes, Duncan A.; Rich, R. Michael; Román, Javier; Couch, Warrick J.; Brodie, Jean P. et al. (2021) MNRAS, 502, 3144 Title: A photometric and kinematic analysis of UDG1137+16 (dw1137+16): Probing ultradiffuse galaxy formation in a group environment

(9) Dullo, Bililign T.; Gil de Paz, Armando; Knapen, Johan H. (2021) ApJ, 908, 134 Title: Ultramassive Black Holes in the Most Massive Galaxies: MBH-σ versus MBH-Rb

(10) Baldi, R. D.; Williams, D. R. A.; McHardy, I. M.; Beswick, R. J.; Brinks, E.; Dullo, B. T.; Knapen, J. H et al. (2021) MNRAS, 500, 4749 Title: LeMMINGs - II. The e-MERLIN legacy survey of nearby galaxies. The deepest radio view of the Palomar sample on parsec scale

(11) Williams, D. R. A.; Baldi, R. D.; McHardy, I. M.; Beswick, R. J.; Panessa, F.; May, D.; Moldón, J.; Argo, M. K.; Bruni, G.; Dullo, B. T.; Knapen, J. H. et al. (2020) MNRAS, 495, 3079 Title: The curious activity in the nucleus of NGC 4151: jet interaction causing variability?

(12) Dullo, Bililign T.; Bouquin, Alexandre Y. K.; Gil de Paz, Armando; Knapen, Johan H.; Gorgas, Javier (2020), ApJ, 898, 83 Title: The Black Hole Mass-Color Relations for Early- and Late-type Galaxies: Red and Blue Sequences

(13) Forbes, Duncan A.; Dullo, Bililign T.; Gannon, Jonah; Couch, Warrick J.; Iodice, Enrichetta; Spavone, Marilena; Cantiello, Michele; Schipani, Pietro (2020), MNRAS, 494, 5293 Title: Ultradiffuse galaxies in the IC 1459 group from the VEGAS survey

(14) Catalán-Torrecilla, C.; Castillo-Morales, Á.; Gil de Paz, A.; Gallego, J ——— Dullo, B. T. et al. (2020), ApJ, 890, 5 Title: Spatially Resolved Analysis of Neutral Winds, Stars, and Ionized Gas Kinematics with MEGARA/GTC: New Insights on the Nearby Galaxy UGC 10205

(15) Dullo, B. T (2019), ApJ, 886, 80; The Most Massive Galaxies with Large Depleted Cores: Structural Parameter Relations and Black Hole Masses

(16) Williams, D. R. A.; McHardy, I. M.; Baldi, R. D.; Beswick, R. J.; Pahari, M.; Argo, M. K.; Beri, A.; Boorman, P.; Brinks, E.; Dullo, B. T. et al. (2019) MNRAS, 486, 4962 Title: Unveiling the 100 pc scale nuclear radio structure of NGC 6217 with e-MERLIN and the VLA

(17) Dullo, Bililign T.; Chamorro-Cazorla, Mario; Gil de Paz, Armando; Castillo-Morales, África; Gallego, Jesús et al. (2019) ApJ, 871, 9 Title: High-resolution MEGARA Integral-field Unit Spectroscopy and Structural Analysis of a Fast-rotating, Disky Bulge in NGC 7025

(18) Baldi, R. D.  ; Williams, D. R. A.  ; McHardy, I. M. ; Beswick, R. J. ; Argo, M. K.  ; Dullo, B. T.  ; Knapen, J. H et al. (2018) MNRAS, 476, 3478 Title: LeMMINGs - I. The eMERLIN legacy survey of nearby galaxies. 1.5-GHz parsec-scale radio structures and cores

(19) Dullo, Bililign T.; Knapen, Johan H.; Williams, David R. A.; Beswick, Robert J. et al. (2018) MNRAS, 475,4670 Title: The nuclear activity and central structure of the elliptical galaxy NGC 5322 

(20) Williams, D. R. A.; McHardy, I. M.; Baldi, R. D.; Beswick, R. J.; Argo, M. K.; Dullo, B. T. et al. (2017) MNRAS, 472, 3842 Title: Radio jets in NGC 4151: where eMERLIN meets HST

(21) Dullo, Graham & Knapen (2017), MNRAS, 471, 2321 Title: A remarkably large depleted core in the Abell 2029 BCG IC 1101

(22) Dullo, Martinez-lombilla & Knapen (2016), MNRAS, 462, 3800 Title: Complex central structures suggest complex evolutionary paths for barred S0 galaxies

(23) Bonfini, Dullo & Graham (2015), ApJ, 807, 136  Title: Too Big to Be Real? No Depleted Core in Holm 15A

(24) Graham, Dullo & Savorgnan (2015), ApJ, 804, 32 Title: Hiding in Plain Sight: An Abundance of Compact Massive Spheroids in the Local Universe

(25) Dullo & Graham (2015), ApJ, 798, 55 Title: Core Shapes and Orientations of Core-Sérsic Galaxies

(26) Dullo & Graham (2014), MNRAS, 444, 2700 Title: Depleted cores, multicomponent fits, and structural parameter relations for luminous early-type galaxies

(27) Dullo & Graham (2013), ApJ, 768, 36  Title: Central Stellar Mass Deficits in the Bulges of Local Lenticular Galaxies, and the Connection with Compact z ~ 1.5 Galaxies

(28) Dullo & Graham (2012), ApJ, 755, 163 Title: Sizing up Partially Depleted Galaxy Cores